Joel Embiid knows ‘the end is near’ with NBA career ravaged by crushing injuries
NY Post
Joel Embiid’s basketball career may already be on the back nine.
While speaking on SiriusXM radio, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer speculated that the former MVP may be forced into an early retirement thanks to nagging injuries in his knees and back.
“I think Joel may know that the end is near,” Pompey said. “It’s kind of like explaining to people what he’s been going through. Because rarely do you have a guy tell you how much pain and how much they’re going through… I feel like Joel Embiid knows that, it may not be this season, but the end is near. Maybe he can’t. Maybe he feels as though he can’t play to the level he used to.”
Pompey added a qualifier that he could be wrong and that Embiid could have an MVP season, but it is rare for a player to discuss his body breaking down openly.
Embiid, 31, recently participated in a feature with ESPN, as pointed out by Pompey, focusing on injuries, playing through pain, and ensuing mental health battles.
He told the outlet that the mounting injuries had forced him to ask questions.
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